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Deer Mouse Removal Massachusetts
There are two different species here in New England that we deal with when it comes to human interaction.
Deer mice often invade our homes and reside in attic spaces and basements. They forage on the exterior of homes most times and bring in acorns and other suitable foods to store for later consumption. Typically woodland areas in suburban neighborhoods this mouse is often found.
Typical Service include trapping, Monitoring, and exclusion techniques to keep future mice out. Every home is different and every mouse will exploit openings in a home a different way. Our expert inspect services will get you one step closer to a rodent free home.
Deer Mice Wilbraham, Ma
Deer mice are nocturnal but are occasionally active in the early evening. In the wild they spend daylight hours in burrows or in trees, where they construct nests of plant material. Around suburban neighborhoods deer mice often spend their time in basements and attic spaces. Although terrestrial, they are agile climbers. Their diet includes everything from plant products and fungi to invertebrates and carrion.
The White Footed Mouse and Deer Mouse has the most extensive geographic distribution of any North American Rodent. Females produce up to four litters per year after 21 to 27 days’ gestation, and each litter usually contains three to five young. Deer and White Footed Mice are the primary host of hantavirus and one of the hosts of plague, and it is also one of several mammalian hosts that can transmit Lyme disease.
Deer Mice & Disease
Hantaviruses can infect and cause serious disease in people worldwide. People get hantavirus from contact with rodents like rats and mice, especially when exposed to their urine, droppings, and saliva. It can also spread through a bite or scratch by a rodent, but this is rare.
Hantaviruses cause two syndromes. Hantaviruses found in the Western Hemisphere, including here in the U.S., can cause hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS). The most common hantavirus that causes HPS in the U.S. is spread by the deer mouse.
Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is a group of clinically similar illnesses caused by hantaviruses found mostly in Europe and Asia. However, Seoul virus, a type of hantavirus that causes HFRS, is found worldwide, including in the United States.
Lyme disease is caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi and rarely, Borrelia mayonii. It occurs most commonly in the Northeast, mid-Atlantic, and upper-Midwest regions. Lyme disease bacteria are spread to humans through the bite of infected blacklegged ticks. Typical symptoms include fever, headache, fatigue, and a characteristic skin rash called erythema migrans. If left untreated, infection can spread to joints, the heart, and the nervous system. Lyme disease is diagnosed based on symptoms, physical findings (e.g., rash), and the possibility of exposure to infected ticks. Laboratory testing is helpful if used correctly and performed with FDA-cleared tests. Most cases of Lyme disease can be treated successfully with a few weeks of antibiotics.